inborst
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Loaned from Middle High German inbrunst (“passion”), but reinterpreted as coming from in (“in”) + borst (“breast, chest”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
inborst m (plural inborsten, diminutive inborstje n)
References edit
- Matthias de Vries, Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864) “inborst”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001